Carabao Cup Tips: Can Arsenal, Spurs and Palace make it through?

Betting preview for the Carabao Cup

Tottenham Hotspur’s trip to West Ham United and Chelsea’s visit of Frank Lampard’s Derby County provide the highlights from tonight’s Carabao Cup Fourth Round action.

We’ve previewed the latter of those ties with a Big Match Breakdown, while looking at the remaining three in our Carabao Cup Tips.

Arsenal v Blackpool (7:45pm)

Blackpool don’t have a great record on the road against top-flight sides in domestic cup competitions. Ruud Gullit’s Chelsea were the last Premier League team to taste defeat at home against the Tangerines in the cup – that was all the way back in 1996.

West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur (7:45pm)

Just 48 hours after defeat to Manchester City, Spurs are back in action against West Ham. The good news is that Mauricio Pochettino should be able to call on a number of returning players.

Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen are both expected to start here, with the latter of those an 11/4 shot to Score Anytime. The hosts may look towards Robert Snodgrass at 3/1, after the Scotsman netted his seventh and eighth Carabao Cup goals in 17 appearances against Macclesfield Town in the last round.

Middlesbrough v Crystal Palace (8pm)

Boro’s stringent defence up against a much-changed Palace side is likely to produce a close encounter. The Londoners rely heavily on Wilfried Zaha and Luka Milivojevic, and with both unlikely to start at the Riverside Stadium, the draw is available at 11/5.